At this annual conference for artificial intelligence and big data professionals, Avast's Head of AI Rajarshi Gupta will discuss why security is AI's biggest challenge and why AI is security's greatest opportunity. Topics will cover the recent AI advancements in file-based anti-malware solutions, behavior-based on-device solutions, and network-based IoT security solutions.
Avast President of Consumer, Ondrej Vlcek, participated in a panel, along with six other panelists, titled "Cybersecurity as key for a Digital Economy and Society" at ICT 2018: Imagine Digital - Connect Europe. The session focused on strategic areas where the EU needs to invest in order to reinforce its cybersecurity, and thus protect its economy and society: research, innovation, and industrial capabilities. The debate highlighted examples of cybersecurity impact in different domains/application areas.
Europe needs to develop further essential capacities to secure its digital economy, society and democracy. The session aimed to stimulate the debate on how to achieve this goal. The session also made a case for the Commission’s initiatives in the area of cybersecurity research and innovation, raising awareness on various challenges in economy and society.
It is evident that Ukrainian companies have not been spared when it comes to phishing attacks, and attackers are targeting local communication infrastructures, network providers, and other services.
A new type of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack known as an amplification attack can increase damage by four billion times and stretch out the length of the attack to 14 hours.
In support of the Ukrainian people, Avast suspends operations in Russia.
As we move towards a more privacy-minded world, we must prepare for major platforms to resist the movement. And we must be prepared for the security, privacy, and business model challenges along the way.
A new report documents a wide variety of crypto crime techniques, combining old and new ways to manipulate markets.
While hacktivists likely believe that they are doing the right thing by contributing their skills to the side they support, at the very least they are committing crimes with these actions.
What can women who want to get into tech do to break into the field? Here are seven tips from two women who have been there.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a number of hacktivist communities that have begun to develop tools to help their cause. Ensuring your security while using such tools is difficult to achieve, and by participating in these actions, you risk your privacy.
